Clinch

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Clinch (1979)

Directed by John Cook

Drama · 1h 36m

Although he spent a relatively short period of his life in Austria, Canadian-born John Cook (1935–2001) remained, in his own words, "Viennese by choice.” Having worked as a commercial photographer in Paris, Cook’s […] first “regular” production was Schwitzkasten, based on a novel by the leftist writer Helmut Zenker. Today, the film is considered one of the few undisputed masterpieces of the New Austrian Cinema: a freewheeling, tender, and strangely humorous portrait of working-class (and out-of-work) lives.

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Cast

Crew

Director
John Cook
Writer
John Cook
Novel
Helmut Zenker
Director of Photography
Helmut Pirnat
Editor
Susanne Schett
Producer
Rudolf Klingohr

Details

Original title
Schwitzkasten
Release date
1979-01-01
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Austria
Production
ebf-Film